Re: [PATCH] serial: 8250_core: fix coding style issues

[Osama Abdelkader <osama.abdelkader@gmail.com>]

On 8/22/25 6:30 AM, Jiri Slaby wrote:
> On 21. 08. 25, 19:58, Osama Abdelkader wrote:
>> Fix a few coding style issues in 8250_core.c:
>>
>> - Remove redundant NULL initialization of a global pointer
>> - Add missing blank line after a variable declaration
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Osama Abdelkader <osama.abdelkader@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>   drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c | 3 ++-
>>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c
>> index feb920c5b2e8..0d1d2eed2a5c 100644
>> --- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c
>> +++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_core.c
>> @@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ static void univ8250_release_irq(struct uart_8250_port *up)
>>           serial_unlink_irq_chain(up);
>>   }
>>   -const struct uart_ops *univ8250_port_base_ops = NULL;
>> +const struct uart_ops *univ8250_port_base_ops;
>>   struct uart_ops univ8250_port_ops;
>>     static const struct uart_8250_ops univ8250_driver_ops = {
>> @@ -773,6 +773,7 @@ int serial8250_register_8250_port(const struct uart_8250_port *up)
>>        */
>>       if (!has_acpi_companion(uart->port.dev)) {
>>           struct mctrl_gpios *gpios = mctrl_gpio_init(&uart->port, 0);
>> +
>>           if (IS_ERR(gpios)) {
>
> NACK to this one. It's a declaration with an initializer and the 'if' checks its value.
Thanks for the review, I'm going to send v2.
>
>>               ret = PTR_ERR(gpios);
>>               goto err;
>
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